Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Ideas

    Fear

    idea · 6 works · 8 mentions · 17 anchored passages

    also in the atlas: Fear the deity

    fear · timidity · the timid · afraid · confidence · danger · fearlessness · misgiving · security · suspicion

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Fear, analyzed as the product of the law rather than a passion in itself.

    Fear, then, of which the law is the begetter, is not a passion.
    book 4
    "Yes," they say, "fear is an irrational avoidance and a passion.
    book 2
    "For the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and good understanding is to all who do it.
    book 2

    De Fuga in PersecutioneLate Antiquity · Latin

    The emotion of timidity before persecutors, diagnosed throughout as the root vice motivating flight and ransom.

    but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment"—surely the fire of the lake;
    de fuga in persecutione
    Do you fear a man, O Christian—you who ought to be feared by angels, since you are to judge angels;
    de fuga in persecutione
    " Finally, in the Apocalypse He offers the timid not flight, but, among the rest of the reprobate, a portion in the lake of sulphur and fire, which is the second death.
    de fuga in persecutione

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    The passion of dread regarding future evil

    For fear is, as distress of a present evil, so that of a future one.
    book 4
    And if confidence — that is, a firm trust of mind — is a certain knowledge and a grave opinion of one not rashly assenting, fear too is a distrust of an expected and impending evil;
    book 4

    Letters to LuciliusImperial · Latin

    The passion debated as either wholly absent from or merely moderated in the brave and wise man.

    Such things are to be feared by the timid.
    letter 85
    he will not fear them, but he will avoid them.
    letter 85
    " he says, "will the brave man not fear impending evils?
    letter 85

    ScorpiaceLate Antiquity · Latin

    The emotion identified as the root of denial, contrasted with perfect love and consecrated fear of God.

    "For perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment, and he who fears is not perfect in love.
    trachiniae

    HieroClassical · Greek

    The fear, suspicion, and lack of confidence that spoil tyrannical pleasure and that Simonides later seeks to transform into public security.

    Next take confidence.
    chapter 4
    No, no, he will need them, of course, said Simonides.
    chapter 10
    But for despots the position is the reverse in this case too.
    chapter 4